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UFC 143: Diaz vs Condit
Josh Koscheck
Josh Koscheck
16-5 · USA
VS
Mike Pierce
Mike Pierce
13-4 · USA
February 4, 2012 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Josh Koscheck def. Mike Pierce by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Koscheck12/350/000:14
Pierce16/410/301:45
R2
Koscheck8/271/100:44
Pierce14/430/100:37
R3
Koscheck13/331/201:39
Pierce11/351/100:17
Total
Koscheck33/952/302:37
Pierce41/1191/502:39

Scorecards

Koscheck vs Pierce

RdJeff CollinsJunichiro KamijoSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-109-109.1-9.9
R210-99-1010-99.4-9.6
R310-910-910-99.8-9.2
Total29-2828-2929-2828.3-28.7

Media (7 cards) · avg 2928 · 7 Koscheck · 0 Pierce

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Koscheck-Pierce.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
KoscheckWin probabilityPierce
35.4%64.6%
KO / TKO
16%
Submission
7%
Decision
77%
Expected fight time: 13.0 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Koscheck, blue toward Pierce. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Koscheck35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%19%
Submission4%10%
Decision25%71%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1535)act 33
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.6)act 2
Pierce65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%15%
Submission3%5%
Decision52%80%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 41
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.4)act 1
Combined totals~65 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R19%
R211%
R33%
Distance77%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Koscheck
33.7%+192
Pierce
-19264.7%
Most takedownstie 35.0%
Koscheck
34.4%-112
Pierce
+11230.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Koscheck
Expected: 26.8
27
Over 27
40.7%
+140
Exactly 27
2.4%
push
Under 27
56.9%
-140
03467
Pierce
Expected: 37.9
38
Over 38
41.4%
+137
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.9%
-137
04895
Takedowns — over/under
Koscheck
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
28.5%
+183
Exactly 1
19.4%
push
Under 1
52.1%
-183
035
Pierce
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
44.6%
+124
Under 0.5
55.4%
-124
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 13.0 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Koscheck35.4%71.7%−36.3-270
Pierce64.6%28.3%+36.3+248

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
64.4Striking69.5
Pierce +5.1
60.8Grappling66.8
Pierce +5.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KoscheckPierce
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1631
Pound-for-pound
1570
1621
Divisional
1571
1468
Striking offense
1480
1531
Striking defense
1521
1522
Grappling offense
1518
1549
Grappling defense
1525
Physical
34 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'8"
73"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.84
Strikes landed / min
3.01
37%
Strike accuracy
45%
1.99
Strikes absorbed / min
2.31
65%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.73
Takedowns / 15 min
3.20
54%
Takedown accuracy
53%
56%
Takedown defense
75%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
74%
UFC win rate
71%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
64%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
84
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Josh Koscheck
  • WMatt HughesKO/TKO R1
    Close -3954mo before
  • LGeorges St-PierreU-DEC R5
    Close +3901y 2mo before
  • WPaul DaleyU-DEC R3
    Close -2501y 9mo before
  • WAnthony JohnsonSUB R2
    Close +1032y 2mo before
  • WFrank TriggKO/TKO R1
    Close -4202y 5mo before
Mike Pierce
  • WPaul BradleyS-DEC R3
    Close -3003mo before
  • LJohny HendricksS-DEC R3
    Close +1326mo before
  • WKenny RobertsonKO/TKO R2
    missedClose -2401y before
  • WAmilcar AlvesSUB R3
    Close -3251y 5mo before
  • WJulio PaulinoU-DEC R3
    Close -4201y 11mo before
Koscheck — win / loss by method
Record: 16-5-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
6 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 3 losses
W
38% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
14win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (43%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
3 (21%)Submission(20%) 1
5 (36%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Pierce — win / loss by method
Record: 13-4-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
6 wins, 0 losses
W
46% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 4 losses
W
46% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (60%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Koscheck
Pierce
19
UFC fights
7
186.7 min · 9.8 avg
Octagon time
93.7 min · 13.4 avg
22y 7m
Career length
19y 2m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Koscheck
Pierce
328W–87L · 79.0%
Overall
117W–12L · 90.7%
242W–75L · 76.3%
Wins
86W–8L · 91.5%
86W–12L · 87.8%
Losses
31W–4L · 88.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Koscheck
Pierce
10W–8L · 55.6%
Overall
70W–40L · 63.6%
10W–8L · 55.6%
Wins
65W–40L · 61.9%
0W–0L
Losses
5W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Koscheck
Pierce
1.75
Landed / min
3.97
23.3%
Accuracy
30.7%
67.4%
Defense
68.6%
0.32
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.16
47.4%
Time at distance
32.3%
Grappling & control
Koscheck
Pierce
2.73
Takedowns / 15 min
3.20
54.0%
Takedown accuracy
52.6%
56.3%
Takedown defense
75.0%
0.56
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.48
82.6%
Control share
84.9%
Strike target map
Koscheck
  • Head77%(266)div 63%
  • Body16%(54)div 22%
  • Legs7%(24)div 16%
Pierce
  • Head59%(166)div 63%
  • Body21%(60)div 22%
  • Legs20%(56)div 16%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Josh Koscheck
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Mike Pierce
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.